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Bargaining issues in Europe : comparing countries and industries WageIndicator conference 16 April 2008

Bargaining issues in Europe : comparing countries and industries WageIndicator conference 16 April 2008 . Maarten van Klaveren. University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies. The WIBAR-1 project. Project Analyses based on WageIndicator data ( 2004/09 –2006/09)

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Bargaining issues in Europe : comparing countries and industries WageIndicator conference 16 April 2008

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  1. Bargaining issues in Europe: comparing countries and industriesWageIndicator conference16 April 2008 Maarten van Klaveren University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies

  2. The WIBAR-1 project • Project • Analyses based on WageIndicator data (2004/09 –2006/09) • Funding EU: Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue Program, 1-year project (2006/09 – 2007/08) • Book: Van Klaveren/Tijdens (eds) Bargaining Issues in Europe: comparing countries and industries, Brussels: ETUI-REHS/AIAS/WageIndicator • Comparison • within-country comparison across industries, based on scores on 5 themes • comparison across countries, based on scores on 5 themes • problem ranking of industries, based on scores on 5 themes

  3. Social benchmarking • for 9 EU member-states: • BE, DK, FI, DE, HU, NL, PL, ES, UK • for 13 industries: • agriculture • manufacturing • utilities • construction • wholesale & retail • hotels, restaurants, catering • transport, communication • finance • other commercial services • public administration • education • health care and social work • other community and personal services

  4. Focus on 6 subjects • working time (length week, opt-out, annualised hrs, on call, shifts Sat/Sun) • low pay (SMWs, share under LPT) • training (length, employer-provided, self-paid, training worthwhile) • older workers (age, education, expectations, working time, low pay, training, collective bargaining coverage, work-related stress) • collective bargaining coverage (coverage, ‘don’t know’, coverage regarded important) • work-related stress (physically/mentally exhausting, work at very high speed, -- cannot be finished in allocated time, -- to tight deadlines)

  5. Problem-ranking of wholesale&retail

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